“Time is the most valuable asset you don’t own. You may or may not realize it yet, but how you use or don’t use your time is going to be the best indication of where your future is going to take you.”–Mark Cuban How often do you audit the time you spend each day, week …
The type of content that causes engagement on social media has unique attributes that often become criticized and misunderstood by many, including the media. The KONY 2012 video produced by Invisible Children and Why I Hate Religion but Love Jesus video have many similarities. High Production Quality “With its slick Hollywood production values, the film …
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“We tend to design companies the way we design machines: We need the company to perform a certain function, so we design and build it to perform that function. Over time, things change. The company grows beyond a certain point. New systems are needed.”–Dave Gray What systems or structures does your ministry have in place …
Fluid: “Able to flow easily.” Sticky: “Glutinous; viscous.” Would you say your church, ministry, or favorite non-profit flows easily from one change to the next? Or do decisions and needed actions become glutinous and viscous as the move from idea to execution? Agile and Iterative Small and large organizations can implement agile and iterative decision …
“If you don’t have to begin anew each time, you can cut the effort and spending you’re putting into reaching strangers. And if the consumer can trust that you won’t waste her time, she can spend more time on productive work and less time sorting offers to see what’s worth looking at.”–Seth Godin It’s easy …
“Companies emerging as successful are often those that are the most human.”–Peter Merholz Most organizations have realized the power of social media at an intellectual level but few have applied these tools in ways that accelerate the humanization of their organization. Social media applied effectively increases both the quantity and quality of relationships between individuals. …
“We now inhabit an environment (at least in much of the developed world) of abundant options and boundless, inexpensive information. That has triggered our dopamine-seeking instincts to pile too much onto our professional plates.”–Dan Pink Leading change requires a shift from a scarcity to an abundance mentality with information and people. Reliable and specific information …
“Man, give it five minutes.” I asked him what he meant by that? He said, it’s fine to disagree, it’s fine to push back, it’s great to have strong opinions and beliefs, but give my ideas some time to set in before you’re sure you want to argue against them. “Five minutes” represented “think”, not …
“Contrary to what’s often claimed by the movie industry, the researchers conclude that there is no evidence that BitTorrent piracy hurts US box office returns. The above means that movie pirates in the US wouldn’t have bought a ticket at the box office if file-sharing was nonexistent. Only international box office sales see a piracy …
Many new non-profits and ministries function more like a large company than a start-up, and spend years indirectly learning how to grow. After 10 years in the non-profit sector, either starting or watching others start a ministry, the biggest misunderstanding comes from thinking big instead of small. Start-up leaders must think big, but invest small. …
